Originally published in 2 volumes: The early Churchills, 1956, and The Churchills, 1958.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Genealogical table: The early Churchills -- Dorset beginnings -- Cavalier colonel -- The restoration: in England and Ireland -- Sir Winston Churchill: Whitehall and Dublin -- House of Commons: court-member -- Parliament and popish plot -- Arabella -- John and Sarah -- Court life and home life -- The revolution -- William III and Marlborough -- The Duke -- Summit and fall -- Sarah and the Queen -- Exile and return -- Blenheim Palace -- The three brothers -- Sarah in old age -- Genealogical table: The later Churchills -- Charles, Third Duke: at home and abroad -- George, Fourth Duke, and Blenheim -- Whig frolics -- Regency generation -- The complete Victorian -- Edwardian reaction -- The rise and fall of Lord Randolph -- The young Winston -- Liberal minister -- The First World War -- Between the wars -- The heroic years -- Epilogue.